Highest-paying Cities for Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic

The top 60 highest paying cities for patternmakers, metal and plastic (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of patternmakers, metal and plastic in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $84,100, West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio is the highest paying city for patternmakers, metal and plastic. It is followed by Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington (average annual salary $74,410). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of patternmakers, metal and plastic in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 60 Highest-paying cities/areas for Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$84,100	$46,370	70
2	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$74,410	$58,130	40
3	Wichita, Kansas	$73,610	$38,130	40
4	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$73,120	$46,280	260
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$69,020	$52,660	n/a
6	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$68,690	$62,000	n/a
7	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$66,240	$47,430	110
8	Peoria, Illinois	$64,460	$35,980	70
9	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$61,440	$51,320	n/a
10	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$59,710	$43,630	40
11	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$59,700	$53,520	30
12	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$59,510	$44,150	40
13	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$59,110	$51,560	30
14	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$57,640	$42,830	n/a
15	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$56,000	$39,150	60
16	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$55,680	$29,270	40
17	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$54,350	$36,630	40
18	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$54,260	$34,600	n/a
19	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$53,340	$35,310	30
20	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$51,420	$33,250	40
21	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$51,030	$37,960	90
22	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$50,370	$29,800	90
23	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$48,970	$35,310	70
24	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$48,380	$41,890	40
25	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$47,610	$44,950	40
26	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$47,560	$36,910	50
27	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$47,040	$42,030	n/a
28	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$46,830	$34,730	60
29	Akron, Ohio	$46,640	$36,750	70
30	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$45,530	$39,420	40
31	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$45,270	$33,770	40
32	Syracuse, New York	$44,660	$30,710	n/a
33	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$44,650	$33,340	40
34	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$44,280	$30,250	60
35	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$44,040	$38,770	30
36	Appleton, Wisconsin	$43,880	$29,380	70
37	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$43,740	$26,160	50
38	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$43,190	$31,970	40
39	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$41,710	$22,750	30
40	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$41,680	$21,060	30
41	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$41,680	$21,060	30
42	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$41,360	$34,220	70
43	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$41,270	$32,260	30
44	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$40,980	$32,370	30
45	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$40,920	$21,750	40
46	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$40,450	$30,260	40
47	Columbus, Georgia	$39,190	$29,720	n/a
48	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$38,340	$33,880	40
49	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,710	$37,710	40
50	St Louis, Missouri	$37,660	$28,570	110
51	Reading, Pennsylvania	$36,430	$26,130	30
52	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$36,090	$31,810	n/a
53	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$35,960	$31,270	30
54	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$35,840	$35,830	70
55	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$32,070	$23,380	40
56	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$29,860	$21,730	n/a
57	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$29,530	$21,830	120
58	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$29,180	$26,040	60
59	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$23,830	$18,070	n/a
60	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$23,810	$17,860	70

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